"I'm tired of you! Nothing you can say will change that."
At least she's hearing that from the radio and not from "Dad". This must have been the last gasp of the 15 minute radio dramas, before TV took over. It's funny how Canada seems to have gotten so many unique radio and TV models; they have the same 120 V 60Hz power. Maybe all the cheaper "live chassis" US models weren't legal up there.
I'm not sure about the year, but it's funny how the announcer says the radio for Jr is "budget priced at $29.95" .... that was anything BUT a budget price back in those days! :/
@ncdude367 oh yeah, 30 bucks was a big wad of cash back then. Gasoline was about 25 cents a gallon so thats about 120 gallons of gas. Today 120 gallons of gas would cost $460.00 .....or lets try cigarettes....a pack was no more than 50 cents....so 60 packs of cigs at about $7 a pack would be $420. Actually the era of the commercial looks like it was well into the Television era......once TV came out, who the hell wanted a radio
@inkey2 The ad is from the early1950s and it a Canadian market ad, posibly from a movie theater. Many areas of Canada had no TV stations until the mid to late 1950s and unless you lived near the U.S border there wasn't anything to watch. Gas at that time was about 23 cents an Imperial gallon, cigarettes were about 20-25 cents a pack in the 1950s, they didn't hit 50 cents a pack until the late 1960s. Cigs aren't a very good measure of inflation anyhow, 90% of the price is tax now.
@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Judging by the models they show I think it may be from around 1953-54. I think it's a Canadian RCA Victor ad, possibly from a theater since the CBC news is playing through Dad's radio and the relatively high price of the RCA Nipper III of $29.95 which was an entry level model, a similar set would be under $20 in the U.S at that time.
"I'm tired of you! Nothing you can say will change that."
At least she's hearing that from the radio and not from "Dad". This must have been the last gasp of the 15 minute radio dramas, before TV took over. It's funny how Canada seems to have gotten so many unique radio and TV models; they have the same 120 V 60Hz power. Maybe all the cheaper "live chassis" US models weren't legal up there.
lrd9999 1 month ago
This was before my time
Lookeebox 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TELEVISIONARCHIVES
Tube radios cost alot of clams to build..... they still do
6gu7 9 months ago
I'm not sure about the year, but it's funny how the announcer says the radio for Jr is "budget priced at $29.95" .... that was anything BUT a budget price back in those days! :/
ncdude367 1 year ago
@ncdude367 oh yeah, 30 bucks was a big wad of cash back then. Gasoline was about 25 cents a gallon so thats about 120 gallons of gas. Today 120 gallons of gas would cost $460.00 .....or lets try cigarettes....a pack was no more than 50 cents....so 60 packs of cigs at about $7 a pack would be $420. Actually the era of the commercial looks like it was well into the Television era......once TV came out, who the hell wanted a radio
inkey2 7 months ago
@inkey2 The ad is from the early1950s and it a Canadian market ad, posibly from a movie theater. Many areas of Canada had no TV stations until the mid to late 1950s and unless you lived near the U.S border there wasn't anything to watch. Gas at that time was about 23 cents an Imperial gallon, cigarettes were about 20-25 cents a pack in the 1950s, they didn't hit 50 cents a pack until the late 1960s. Cigs aren't a very good measure of inflation anyhow, 90% of the price is tax now.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago
what wow what year was this from?
butterflygreatone 1 year ago
@butterflygreatone Not sure. Someones going to have to help me with this one.
TELEVISIONARCHIVES 1 year ago
@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Judging by the models they show I think it may be from around 1953-54. I think it's a Canadian RCA Victor ad, possibly from a theater since the CBC news is playing through Dad's radio and the relatively high price of the RCA Nipper III of $29.95 which was an entry level model, a similar set would be under $20 in the U.S at that time.
OlegKostoglatov 3 months ago